I have seen this discussion brought up twice in the past on week on my Facebook account by friends of mine about whether or not it is a sin to worship on Sunday instead of Saturday. Is this really a major issue in American Christianity today?
Saturday or Sunday?
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So far as I know, only Seventh Day Adventists and Jews insist that Saturday is THE right day.
Some other churches have Saturday services, but for convenience' sake, not because it's a superior day.
Personally, I think any day is a good day to worship God. ;D
Some other churches have Saturday services, but for convenience' sake, not because it's a superior day.
Personally, I think any day is a good day to worship God. ;D
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Castor Muscular
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The Sabbath is from sundown Friday evening to sundown Saturday. Church is whenever the church schedules it.
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AresMan
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Exactly.Izdaari said:
The problem comes when people confuse the Sabbath with the Lord's Day.
The Lord's Day is the first day of the week: Sunday.
The Sabbath was always the last day of the week: Saturday.
Either the Sabbath is still in effect--Saturday--or it has been fulfilled in Christ. I believe it has been fulfilled in Christ and we keep the Sabbath by entering into His rest in His finished work on the Cross.
I do not mind any church that meets on Saturday night ...as long as it also meets on Sunday. That is clearly the NT pattern, and if you want to add extra services to that, well and good. If you want to make Saturday night basically your only service? Well, I wouldn't call it wrong but I would call it wrongheaded. The purpose is cater to people who want to play all day on Sunday, and when your Christianity becomes all about catering to people your Christianity is in a dangerous spot.
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PAYDAY
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BandGuy said:
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AresMan
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Not that I have ever been to a "Saturday-only" church, but I don't see a specified pattern of worshiping primarily on Sunday. "Daily" seemed to be the practice (Acts 2:46-47; 5:42; 6:1; 16:5; 17:11,17; Hebrews 3:13 c.f. 10:25). There is value in focusing worship on "the Lord's Day" for both practicality and historical significance.Tom Brennan said:
My problem is with preaching that tries to command and cajole church members into treating "the Lord's Day" as the same as a legalistic "Sabbath." There is zero support from the Word of God that the Sabbath Day moved to Sunday. Period. End of story. There is no literal Sabbath day that New Covenant members are required by God to observe for any religious reason. There is wisdom, of course, in taking at least one day of rest from work to let your body recuperate, but that does not mean that Christians must observe a command from God to avoid sweating or doing anything productive on Sunday (or Saturday) or face punishment.
Also, if anyone feels the need to bring up 1 Corinthians 16:1-2, it has nothing to do with tithing or of worship on "the first day of the week." The context was famine relief for believers in Judea, and Paul was telling churches (Corinth and Galatia) on his journey through them how to save up a portion of their weekly wages so that they would be ready to give aid to Paul to take to Jerusalem; otherwise, they would be wasting time scrambling, and some would be unable to give.
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christundivided
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The Lord's Day?AresMan said:
Rom 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
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jimmudcatgrant
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christundivided said:
The above verse had more to do with the fact that some Jews were requiring all Christians to observe all the feast days, not specifically whether to worship on Saturday or Sunday. Sometimes we go to far in our religion. It is not the day that is holy, it is God. We call the church building the house of God, but our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Every day is the Lord's day, and all our actions are in house of God, no matter our location.
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Greaves
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Tom Brennan said:
My church has Saturday night services and Sunday morning services. It is functionally the same service, with minor differences in the music. This wasn't started to cater to anyone, but an effort to accommodate all of the people who want to attend without building a new building. At my church, it's a stewardship of God's resources to use the facilities more often in order to get everyone in.
I attended Saturday night for awile, but it doesn't work for my family. My seventh grader's small group is Sunday AM.
Our main service is Sunday evening. That works well with my schedule, which Sunday morning wouldn't, because I work late on Saturday night.